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  • SQLRNNR (9/27/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (9/27/2011)


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    Trey Staker (9/27/2011)


    @Craig

    Did you hear that Itzik Ben-Gan is teaching an advanced t-sql class here in Phoenix the week after pass? It's really pricey but I got my company to float the bill for me.

    *Hyperventalate*... *BOOM*

    No, I hadn't. I'll be looking into it immediately... though right now I can't afford the class or time out of work.

    What's the link?

    http://blogs.interfacett.com/sql-server-mvp-itzik-ben-gan-is-coming-to-interface-technical-training

    Thanks - looks like a good event to attend.

    Agreed... just wish I was independently wealthy where I could afford to go... I know work won't pay for it.

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  • GSquared (9/27/2011)


    Looks like The Thread may have killed the rest of the forums.

    The Active Threads link is only showing 5 other discussions.

    It is a little quiet for a Tuesday night.

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  • GSquared (9/27/2011)


    Looks like The Thread may have killed the rest of the forums.

    The Active Threads link is only showing 5 other discussions.

    (Probably my fault for going political in here. I promise it will never happen again until next time.)

    Probably more my fault than yours since I posted my big ole rant and got the pot boiling over...but if you want to take the blame I will let you. :hehe:

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  • WayneS (9/27/2011)


    SQLRNNR (9/27/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (9/27/2011)


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    Evil Kraig F (9/27/2011)


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    @Craig

    Did you hear that Itzik Ben-Gan is teaching an advanced t-sql class here in Phoenix the week after pass? It's really pricey but I got my company to float the bill for me.

    *Hyperventalate*... *BOOM*

    No, I hadn't. I'll be looking into it immediately... though right now I can't afford the class or time out of work.

    What's the link?

    http://blogs.interfacett.com/sql-server-mvp-itzik-ben-gan-is-coming-to-interface-technical-training

    Thanks - looks like a good event to attend.

    Agreed... just wish I was independently wealthy where I could afford to go... I know work won't pay for it.

    I'm trying to figure out if I can beg, borrow or steal (not) my way to IM2 in London next May. Want, but...

    Gail Shaw
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  • GSquared (9/27/2011)


    Looks like The Thread may have killed the rest of the forums.

    The Active Threads link is only showing 5 other discussions.

    (Probably my fault for going political in here. I promise it will never happen again until next time.)

    It's been very quiet all day. Very low activity and new threads today.

    I thought it was some holiday in the US.

    Google's 13th birthday, maybe?

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    GSquared (9/27/2011)


    Looks like The Thread may have killed the rest of the forums.

    The Active Threads link is only showing 5 other discussions.

    (Probably my fault for going political in here. I promise it will never happen again until next time.)

    Probably more my fault than yours since I posted my big ole rant and got the pot boiling over...but if you want to take the blame I will let you. :hehe:

    IT'S MY BLAME AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!! 😛 😛 😛

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  • GSquared (9/27/2011)


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    GSquared (9/27/2011)


    Looks like The Thread may have killed the rest of the forums.

    The Active Threads link is only showing 5 other discussions.

    (Probably my fault for going political in here. I promise it will never happen again until next time.)

    Probably more my fault than yours since I posted my big ole rant and got the pot boiling over...but if you want to take the blame I will let you. :hehe:

    IT'S MY BLAME AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!! 😛 😛 😛

    :crying::crying::crying:

    GUS <sniff> won't share the <sniff> blame with me... <sniff>

    :crying::crying::crying:

    All I want is what I have coming to me. All I want is my fair share.

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    Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
    Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
    Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
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  • Maybe everyone's reading The Thread and not posting. :w00t::-P

    Might take awhile for the rest of the site to catch up to this page

  • Took a bit to read through the discussion and decide if I wanted to go near it with a ten foot pole.

    I don't.

    On a side note, looks like I may get back into Skydiving next weekend. Woohoo! :w00t:


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  • Evil Kraig F (9/27/2011)


    Took a bit to read through the discussion and decide if I wanted to go near it with a ten foot pole.

    I don't.

    On a side note, looks like I may get back into Skydiving next weekend. Woohoo! :w00t:

    be careful with that 10' pole while skydiving - could be hazardous:-D

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  • Evil Kraig F (9/27/2011)


    Took a bit to read through the discussion and decide if I wanted to go near it with a ten foot pole.

    I don't.

    On a side note, looks like I may get back into Skydiving next weekend. Woohoo! :w00t:

    I thought it was a nice civil disagreement/debate. We need more of that in the country. I think avoiding talking about this stuff has gotten us into a bad place. We have to be able to argue and disagree about things without hating each other.

    Not that I'm asking for more political debates here, but if it comes up, nothing wrong with a little (meaning short, for Gail's sake), argument.

  • On a completely unrelated, and sideways note, anyone seen Khan Academy? http://www.khanacademy.org/

    Pretty cool. Watched a few basic algebra videos. Might be nice for kids, or even parents trying to help their kids. I might go back through the calculus of prob/stats ones and brush up.

  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/27/2011)


    Not that I'm asking for more political debates here, but if it comes up, nothing wrong with a little (meaning short, for Gail's sake), argument.

    I don't mind political debates, and that was nice and civilised, it just seemed to be getting more into debating the phrasings and language used, and getting nowhere fast.

    Gail Shaw
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  • Anyone want to lend a hand here?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1180942-391-1.aspx

    I suspect, for good performance, the bit from the full text index needs to go into a temp table directly, no joins, no other filters, then that temp table be used later on.

    Gail Shaw
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  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/27/2011)


    On a completely unrelated, and sideways note, anyone seen Khan Academy? http://www.khanacademy.org/

    I'm enjoying some of the iTunesU stuff from the big name universities. An working my way through a course on astrophysics from Yale and then have a 6-part series on logical arguments from Cambridge University. Lots of other stuff, too much to download and definitely too much to easily watch.

    Gail Shaw
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